By Carolyn Betts

I am an attorney who was working in Washington with RTC during the S&L crisis, so I know something about “toxic asset” sales. I have been poking around the legal and contractin…

From The U.S. Department of the Treasury Press Room

Treasury Press Release
Fact Sheet (PDF)
White Paper and FAQs

Catherine’s comments on her Community Business segment on Flashpoints on how to …

With special thanks to one of our favorite sources, Jim Willie at Golden Jackass, here is a roundup of some of articles that indicate the growing challenges faced by pension funds.

Ever wonder why yo…

We have received many e-mails about the Food Safety Bills introduced in Congress. We share your concerns. One of our most trusted sources on food issues is the Weston A. Price Foundation. Here is thei…

Wikipedia on the Baltic Dry Index

“Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro warned yesterday that the agency will “make significant cuts in its current operations” this year unless Congress authorizes it to spend more…

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“You knew what the banks were doing and yet were touting it for months and months – the entire network was. And so now to pretend that this was some sort of crazy once in a lifetime tsunami that nobod…

To: The Wall Street Journal

Re: “The Fed Didn’t Cause the Housing Bubble”

By: Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Dated: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In hi…

Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring’
Minnesota Post (11 March 09)

Catherine Austin Fitts speaking at the GoldRush 21 conference held in Dawson City, Yukon Canada on August 7-9 2005 – predicts current crisis and the importance of Main Street to real solutions.

Congress Saves on Online Contracts: Senate Makes Major Concession in Stripping Internet Posting Provision from Stimulus

Internet junkies and wonks alike may have jumped the gun in looking forward to …

This Kissinger image (by David Levine) is one of 320 illustrations—by 142 of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists – that The New York Times itself originally commissioned for its Op-Ed …

If the Administration wants to provide bailout relief, here is a simple solution. Waive taxes on 401ks and IRAs and allow Americans to withdraw all monies tax free so they can reinvest in real asset…

We thought we would dig out the data to update Bloomberg’s calculation of November 2008 that totaled the bank bailouts at $8.5 trillion.

Here is our list of additional commitments:

I. $750 Billi…

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“Believing that you could put together bad stuff with good stuff, mix it up, and make it great stuff, is the debauched, debased, phony belief system that brought down Wall Street.

Believing that you…

“I was standing there, about to put a dollar bill into a vending machine, and it hit me: I could use my dollar to buy a pack of gum or a package of mints, or else I could use my dollar to buy a shar…

The full page ad in Ruppert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal for its “Future of Finance Initiative” starts off by saying that the financial system has stopped working.

I completely disagree.

The fina…

At its beginning, the ruling powers in Great Britain embarked on one of the most sustained efforts to destroy community life ever undertaken.

From 1770 to 1830 some 3,280 enclosure bills were passed …

The new budget tells the story. The U.S. government collects taxes from Americans and debt tithes globally and then gives the money to the banks and funds the military.

Proposed US Budget
Global Re…

The Progressive Review is one of the finest news sources around. It’s esteemed publisher is proof positive that not everyone who graduates from Harvard goes along with the game. Sam’s comments on le…

Mathematicians Discover the Largest Number
Consent of the Governed Blog (11 Feb 2009)

PALO ALTO, CA – An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integ…

There is a Internet rumor that the U.S. has granted the Chinese the power of eminent domain if the U.S. defaults on its debt. This does indeed raise the question: “What is the U.S. giving the Chine…

This first video is a documentary which describes a Southern Christian community exploring the creation of an ethanol business for energy independence and other businesses to build local self-sufficie…

In Stanley Kubrick’s thriller, Eyes Wide Shut, we watch as Dr. Bill Harford (played by Tom Cruise) attends a private party given by a secret society whose members have the power, among other things,…

From “Planting Seeds” in The Guardian in January:

“Bill and Melinda Gates hate controversy, but the world’s top philanthropists do seem to be moving ever deeper into political lobbying. They’ve jus…

Weakness Unmatched in 35 Years
Investor’s Insight (16 Feb 2009)

Catherine,

I’ve been visiting Solari for about a year, and I want to thank you for the information you provide.

I want to relate an experience I had with Bank of America lately. I’ve banked there fo…

There is a war going on but it is not one we are reading about in the news.

As tax revenues decline, the federal government can operate with deficits. By law, states and counties must balance their…

Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, talks straight about bailouts and makes sound suggestions about solutions. For example, how can you fix anything if you leave in charge the people who created t…

Here is a great idea – using wiki technology to bring transparency to government spending, starting with the stimulus package.

The Stimulus Wiki

OK, anyone want to wikify the bailout?